{"id":2568163,"date":"2026-02-10T06:45:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T11:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whats-riding-on-ice-and-cbp-leaders-first-appearance-before-congress\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T06:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T11:48:10","slug":"whats-riding-on-ice-and-cbp-leaders-first-appearance-before-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whats-riding-on-ice-and-cbp-leaders-first-appearance-before-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s riding on ICE and CBP leaders&#8217; first appearance before Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhats-riding-on-ice-and-cbp-leaders-first-appearance-before-congress%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2568163&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A high-stakes congressional hearing is set as House lawmakers will grill the leaders of ICE,CBP,and USCIS about the White House\u2019s immigrant deportation operations and the governance\u2019s handling of immigration enforcement. Democrats frame the session as the start of a reckoning over how DHS agencies have conducted operations, respond to recent incidents such as shootings in Minnesota, and what led to the department\u2019s public messaging. the hearing also centers on funding for the DHS, with a $64 billion appropriations bill at issue; Democrats want policy reforms tied to funding, while Republicans are expected to defend enforcement achievements and scrutinize agency leadership. Remarks from <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >lawmakers highlight deep partisan divisions<\/a> over immigration policy, internal leadership dynamics, and how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexicos-president-casts-doubt-on-biden-border-wall-change-pure-publicity\/\" title=\"Mexico...s president questions Biden...s border wall change: ...Just for show...\">balance border security<\/a> with civil rights and public safety.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">DHS leaders face tense oversight hearing in Congress: &lsquo;The start of a reckoning&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2497533\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House lawmakers on Tuesday will get their first opportunity since President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> took office to question Department of Homeland Security agency leaders about the White House&rsquo;s illegal immigrant <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/deportation\">deportation<\/a> operation.<\/p>\n<p>The leaders of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ice\/\">Immigration and Customs Enforcement<\/a>, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will testify before the House Homeland Security Committee for its first oversight hearing for the trio of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/immigration\">immigration<\/a> agencies &mdash;&nbsp;and the hourslong showdown on Capitol Hill is expected to be a fiery one.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4452022\/gop-leaders-extension-block-house-votes-trump-tariffs\/\">GOP leaders seek extension to block House votes on repealing Trump tariffs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4451951\/massie-khanna-doj-redacted-incriminated-names-epstein-files\/\">Massie and Khanna claim DOJ redacted names of &#8216;likely incriminated&#8217; men in Epstein files<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4451742\/major-housing-bill-clears-house-senate-trump-affordability-woes\/\">Major housing bill clears House as Senate and Trump grapple with affordability woes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Lawmakers are trying to renegotiate the terms of a $64 billion DHS funding <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/appropriations.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/republicans-appropriations.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/final-fy26-homeland-security-minibus-4-summary.pdf\">bill<\/a> before it <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4451164\/dhs-ice-government-shutdown\/\">runs out<\/a> Friday, while ICE and CBP face widespread criticism from Democrats over the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4434079\/dhs-grapples-with-public-relations-nightmare-alex-pretti-shooting-minneapolis\/\">fatal shootings<\/a> of two U.S. citizens in Minnesota last month. <\/p>\n<p>The committee&rsquo;s ranking member, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> on Monday that he envisioned the hearing as the &ldquo;start of a reckoning.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This hearing is going to be just the start of a reckoning for the Trump administration and its weaponization of government against our country,&rdquo; Thompson wrote in a statement. &ldquo;Donald Trump and Kristi Noem must be held accountable for the immigration operations creating chaos in our communities, terrorizing people, and hurting U.S. citizens and immigrants alike.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>House Homeland Security Chairman Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/homeland.house.gov\/2026\/01\/27\/media-advisory-chairman-garbarino-announces-ice-cbp-uscis-hearing-date-testimony\/#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2C%20D.C.%20%E2%80%93%E2%80%93%20Today%2C,Customs%20Enforcement%20(ICE)%2C%20DHS\">called<\/a> for the oversight hearing roughly a week after ICE killed a woman in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n<p>Federal immigration authorities sent to Minneapolis in early December and more than 3,000 were sent in by January following the revelation of a billion-dollar fraud scheme carried out by U.S. citizens and illegal immigrants from Somalia. In that time, the DHS and partner agencies at the Justice Department have arrested more than 4,000 illegal immigrants, but the effort has been met with the harshest blowback to date of half a dozen &ldquo;sanctuary&rdquo; cities that the Trump administration has tried to make examples of.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats are likely to focus their questions of acting ICE Director Todd Lyons and CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott on Tuesday on the shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti; the instructions that federal agents and officers in Minneapolis were given while making arrests; and what led to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4434079\/dhs-grapples-with-public-relations-nightmare-alex-pretti-shooting-minneapolis\/\">mischaracterization<\/a> of the Pretti shooting.<\/p>\n<p>House Democrats have called for a hearing with Noem and senior DHS officials as the Trump administration has attempted to carry out mass deportations. Democrats will finally get to sit down with the agency leaders handling it, but not Noem and Lewandowski &mdash;&nbsp;the ones at the helm of the department.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans have historically been quick to defend federal police enforcing immigration laws and are expected to praise CBP and ICE&rsquo;s accomplishments making arrests on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>Two aides for Republican members of the committee who spoke with the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> on the condition of anonymity Monday were skeptical that GOP lawmakers would ask Lyons or Scott specific questions about Noem and DHS special government employee Corey Lewandowski following <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/anna-giaritelli\/page\/2\/\">reporting<\/a> by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> and others that exposed employees&rsquo; claims of a hostile environment and significant infighting between Trump&rsquo;s picks across the department over how to handle deportations.<\/p>\n<p>Noem, Lewandowski, and White House deputy chief of staff Corey Lewandowski are supportive of arresting as many illegal immigrants as possible through more aggressive means, while White House border czar Tom Homan, Scott, Lyons, and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-admits-laptop-at-center-of-scandal-might-be-his-promotes-debunked-claim\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Admits Laptop At Center Of Scandal Might Be His, Promotes Debunked Claim\">senior federal law enforcement<\/a> within DHS want to focus on actual criminals and go about it more carefully and tactfully.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Republicans are expected to tread carefully, praising the Trump administration for its success bringing arrests at the U.S.-Mexico border to 55-year lows in year one, as well as making 700,000 arrests inside the country, as the DHS has claimed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I hope my Republican colleagues will remember that our job is to conduct oversight, not cover for Donald Trump and his out-of-control administration, which is running roughshod over Americans&rsquo; rights, killing U.S. citizens, and threatening our very democracy,&rdquo; Thompson said.<\/p>\n<p>The committee&rsquo;s Republican arm did not provide a comment on what to expect in the hearing.<\/p>\n<p>The showdown between lawmakers on Tuesday comes a day before a separate panel of House lawmakers will debate whether to fund DHS.<\/p>\n<p>Congress is deadlocked right now over DHS funding, given Democrats&rsquo; desires to tie reforms to immigration-related policies to the bill. Funding was agreed upon between House Democrats and Republicans in January, but the Senate did not move forward.<\/p>\n<p>A Republican aide for a committee member told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>on Monday that no funding for the DHS would, in turn, mean no funding for lawmakers to carry out oversight of the department.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4423912\/noem-lewandowski-campaign-oust-trump-border-leader-sources\/\">NOEM AND LEWANDOWSKI WAGED CAMPAIGN TO OUST TRUMP&rsquo;S BORDER LEADER: SOURCES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CBP and ICE received an enormous amount of funding through last year&rsquo;s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, but more than 15 other DHS agencies are dependent on negotiations in Congress to keep the lights on.<\/p>\n<p>If negotiations fail and funding is delayed, Democrats will &ldquo;have to answer&rdquo; why they are not funding cybersecurity, aviation security, the Coast Guard, the Secret Service, and other federal agencies, the Republican aide said in a phone call.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DHS chiefs face tense hearing; reckoning begins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2568164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-collage-thdtr25rg-1761746841621-e1761747650497.jpg?1770658194&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[70102,11139,4402,8364,3813],"class_list":["post-2568163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-border-security-2","tag-cbp","tag-congress","tag-ice","tag-immigration"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-collage-thdtr25rg-1761746841621-e1761747650497.jpg?1770658194&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2568163"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2568167,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2568163\/revisions\/2568167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2568164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2568163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2568163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2568163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}